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Big Wave Energy Potential Near Australia

A study, which considered data collected over a 31-year period, concluded that the southeast coast of Australia has the potential to generate 17 GWh of electricity annually from a single wave farm. The assessment improved on existing wave energy resource assessments in the region by dynamically downscaling global scale model hindcasts.

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Re: Big Wave Energy Potential Near Australia

12/19/2016 12:44 PM

How much would this 2 MW wave farm cost?

A single wind turbine can be 5 MW. Wave energy harvesting is foolish for utility scale projects. Now, on the other hand, if you are harvesting wave energy to power a remote monitoring station, or some other off-grid requirement, we can re-open this trade space.